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Recommended reading

Destination Space: Making Science Fiction a Reality by Kenny Kemp

This book outlines how the emerging space tourism industry is evolving, particular with Spaceship One and Virgin Galactic. The book gets up close and personal with some of the new heroes and pioneers of space tourism.

Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider’s Guide to the New Science of Space Travel by Edward Belbruno

Written by an astrophysicist and NASA consultant, this book aims to describe how we can fly to space without using the outrageous amounts of fuel that are normally attributed used, and what that could mean to future space travel.

The best book out there on lunar development. Describes how in the coming century we can establish permanent human settlements on the moon and what we can do in the meantime to lay the groundwork.

Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly Privatizing Space by Michael Belfiore

The business plans, entrepreneurs, companies, and pioneers in private space travel are explored here, as are what they hope to be offering to space tourists in the near future.

The Space Tourist’s Handbook: Where to Go, What to See, and How to Prepare for the Ride of Your Life by Eric C. Anderson and Joshua Piven

Space Adventures CEO illustrates in this guide how to prepare for space flight in much the same way he prepares billionaires to do so. Provided are step-by-step instructions for liftoff, sleeping in weightless environments, using the "vacuum toilet" on the spacecraft, and living in zero gravity.

Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide by Erik Seedhouse

The new world of private space flight is explored from new technologies, spacecraft capabilities, launch vehicles and the training and commitment that space tourists must have. Call it a manual for future Sub-Orbital and Orbital private space explorers.

Useful Websites

This fantastic website describes everything going on in the world of NASA including developments in space travel, goings on at the space station, the history of the association, launch information, and feature articles on space related things. The site is highly interactive and there are loads multimedia tools such as photos, videos, live feeds, mission coverage, a kid’s club, games, blogs, and podcasts.